The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-18

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The stock market to-day was strong and
higher, with slight concessions at times
throughout the greater part of the day. While
the buying was not specially heavy there was
no pressure to sell whatever, and the bullish
sentiment made further progress, though the
advances made in a few cases are for no more
than fractional amounts. The grangers were
special features, and more especially those
which now paying dividends, and their
movements gave character to tine entire mar
ket. The remainder of the list were generally
firm, though few specialties made marked
advances. while coal stocks and Jersey Central
were heavy to weak upon dull outlook for
the coal trade. The Gould stocks were expect
ed TO rise to-day, but Missouri Pacific only re-
sponded, while the others remained dull and
featureless. Reading was rather heavy on the
pro ximity of the assessment, but il was more
active than for the last few days
The market was rather heavy at the Open
ing, but became strong immediately under the
erately active, but after the advance of the
first hour, while the tone of the market stlll
remained firm, the changes in quotations We're
for Insignificant fractions only until the AFTER
noon, when Jersey Central developed decided
dropping tendency, accompanied by an in
crease in the amount of business Consolidated
the LIST being particularly strong. There was
no further change i'll the temper of the mar
quoted. Transactions for the day aggregated
$500 shares. The closing prices show irregu-
lar changes, although the advances are the
more numerous and of the more Importance.
Cotton.
NEW YORK May 17.-Green & Co.'S report
on cottoh futures says a hxht moyement'
ket for contracts, and there did not appear to
be any special feature To the trading during
close an Indication that few buying orders
had come infused a little more steadiness,
and placed the final rates 2G3 points above
last evening"
Afternoon report-Co tton-Net receipts, aU3;
gross, l,l06. Futures closed steady; sales, -
10 IS; August, 10 otdl0 50; September, 10 1910
10 20; October, 1oltlo G2; November, 9 SO
81 December, t6ft9 81; January, E5fL9 SO;
February, 8 sac 30; March, 10 o. Gl007
Cotton firm; sales, 279; Uplands, 1875
Orleans, III l-l6; net receipts. l,145; exports to
Comment, So; TO the Channel, =; stock,
3a5,suO.
CHICAGO, May I7.-wheat started in this
morning with n jump to sec for June, and sold
Immediately TO s9I66rS914c. This squirt lasted
for about 10 minutes, when it dropped back to
$3.50 ss34c, but was active and irregular The
trading was very general at the start, and the
CLIQUE brokers did very little As the session
advanced trading became light. though CON
sidering the amount of business, prices moved
around with considerable alacrity- Their linn
lis were between s.1a, so1s and SIC for June,
and il was found impossible to move them
either above or below these figures until IA
short time before the close of the session,
Zines. IL was evident that the buying opera
lions of the clique were not large, and toward
the close the crowd got a little bold They had
been Offering June wheat at various times all
the morning al sS.2 without takers AT I'D
O'Clock a few of them tired of Offering it at
that prica and finally Offered IL "A SSl4C. The
market reacted toward ss1sc again, and they
became frightened and immediately tired 20
market again stilfened up and closed at $3.50
for June and s55sc for July
July corn opened stronger at 4lssc, but broke
30 4l1Sc when wheat declined 1t afterward
developed into quite an embarrassing deal,
and ranged between Al and 4l9se for July, clos
ing at the latter figure
July ribs opened firm and higher at S7.421s.
hogs than was expected July lard opened
steady at $3.50. Afterwards provisions became
quiet, and July ribs sold TO 20 and July lard
To So 2ls. closing ut $3.50 for the former and
Cash quotations were: Flour steady, firm;
Corn sss@sGl39; No. 3.Dats a51sd26Ia. Mess
Pork, S.D.50. Lard, $40. short rib sides.
loose, S1.l0lb1.I5. Dry silted shoulders, boxed,
S56G se5.10- Short clear sides, boxed, 1-5 al 90
Whisky Sl-lO. Leading futures closed as fol-
lows:
wheat-May, s.7s; June, ss7s; July, s4lsc;
Corn-May, 3s94e. June, Ssl4c.; July, E14c.:
Oats-May, 2sls June, ISIS; July, a6l4. Pork
June, ss..5 july, sSss:t8. Short Ribs May,
S1.1j; June, S.-111a; July, $40
NEW YORK, May I7.-Southern Flour firm
common to fair extra 81 u "A; good to
red, May, 969sG19s14; June, sS1s6596 7-l6: July,
9S34d961s- Corn shade lower and dull-No-
=, May, 4.zE6G4S June, 4St1s ISIS; July, $500
1855. Oats steady-No. mixed, May, 3S19; June,
$500 1855: July, a}1slr:+1s Hops quiet and un-
changed. Coffee-fair Rio quiet at lsle; No:
Rio, May, Sl6.60dI1; June, Sl6s0dl7-l5; July,
Sl6.4dlI.p- Sugar duh and more or less
ID test, ~. Rice firm. Cotton Seed Oil, sss1s
Go.ss, crude; :s1afr:g for refined. Resin dull
at sligo - Turpentine quiet at 81 Hides
steady. Wool quiet and unchanged. Pork
irregular and lowerSmess, Sl5-50 for old
family mess SIS. Beef dull Middes dull and
nominal Lard two points higher and mod
eratey active-western steam, SS-O6; June,
S70+61.Os: July, S7IsG115. Freights dull
cotton, l-6id, wheat, I'd